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Topic: New CBA reached, will be announced next week. (Read 4131 times)

edit by The Chief: the "Astros moving to the AL" aspect of this is already being discussed in the Astros to AL thread

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Latest On Upcoming CBA

By Ben Nicholson-Smith

Baseball's owners and players have agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement that should be announced early next week. Here are some details on the CBA, which ensures 21 years of labor peace for MLB:

Several GMs are livid over the restraints on draft spending, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. Rosenthal also points out that commissioner Bud Selig, Rob Manfred of MLB and union leader Michael Weiner deserve credit for coming to an agreement peacefully.

There won't be hard caps for draft choices under the new CBA, according to Jon Heyman of SI.com (on Twitter). However, there will be recommended bonuses and tax implications for teams that go way over the suggested limits.

I get the idea of draft caps... so teams have to spend money on FA's rather than lottery picks... but as more and more small market teams, and teams that pretend to be small market though they play in a huge market *cough Washington cough* use the draft wisely ... it does hurt those teams.

Has it been posted anywhere that they are putting in HGH blood testing effective in February? After they fought against it for years they cave in just like that? I guess the chemists have given the players something new.

Has it been posted anywhere that they are putting in HGH blood testing effective in February? After they fought against it for years they cave in just like that? I guess the chemists have given the players something new.

Well, it's obvious that the game needs it and they would have gotten absolutely murdered by the media, fans, and maybe Congress (again) if they passed a CBA and didn't include that.